ABBATIA S MICHAËLIS ANTVERPIAE
[St. Michael's monastery in Antwerp]
Vorsterman, Lucas, 1624-approximately 1666
Peeters, Jan, 1624-1677?
Vleugaert, Philippe, 16..-167.?
St Michael’s Abbey (Antwerp, Belgium)
[Sanderus, Antoine, 1586-1664 (author of publication)]Van Couwerven, Norbert, 1597-1661 (dedicatee)
Graphic
Print Statement 1
[Philips Vleugaert]
Brussels]
1 print : Etching and engraving ; plate mark 349 x 478 mm. on sheet 447 x 279 mm.
Paper
Latin
Netherlands
Top and centre of double page, in cartouche: “ABBATIA S MICHAËLIS ANTVERPIAE”; Left hand side, motto under coat of arms: “VINCE”; In cartouche to the left: “REVERENDO ADMODVM ET AMPLISSIMO […] LVCAS VORSTERMANS IVNIOR A°1660”; Right hand side, motto under
Print spread over a double page. Evidence of mould throughout the paper sheet and print, but the readability is good. According to the full inscription in the upper left cartouche, the print was a gift by Lucas II Vorsterman to abbot Norbert van Couwerven in 1660.
Good
Abbeys
Biblioteca Corsiniana
Fondo Corsini
82.I.4/1.S.MichaelisAntverpiae,tav.[2],pag.[8a-9a]
Link to album description
82.I.4
Hollstein's Dutch & Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts 1450-1700, vol. 42, compiled by Christiaan Schuckman, ed. by D. De Hoop Scheffer, Roosendaal-Amsterdam, 1993, p. 156, n. 118